Paul Barbeau

Paul Barbeau is a Canadian director and film producer who lives in Montreal, Quebec. Producer of more than 700 music videos, 10 feature films, he has also written and directed two feature films. Barbeau has produced approximately 700 music videos for various international artists (Celine Dion, Arcade Fire, Martha Wainwright, Daniel Lanois, Tragically Hip, and others) with his production company NúFilms which was founded in 2000. After several MuchMusic Video Awards, Victoires de la Musique and Grammy Award nominations, NuFilms was forced to end production largely due to the financial impacts of illegal downloading of music. In the winter of 2009, under financial strain, Barbeau shuts down the company. The experience inspired him to write and then later direct his first feature film, Après la neige aka Winter Passed (English title), released in 2012. Under his new company Reprise Films, Barbeau has produced five films. Demain and Jo pour Jonathan were directed by Maxime Giroux, with the latter having its world premiere at the 2010 Locarno International Film Festival. Roméo Onze was directed by Ivan Grbovic, and World premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2011 where it received the Ecumenical Jury Commendation. The film then premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2011. In 2012, he completed Sébastien Rose's film, Avant que mon coeur bascule, which starred Sophie Lorain, Sébastien Ricard and Alexis Martin and premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2013. Barbeau has been nominated for several Jutra Awards in Quebec, including a 2013 nomination for Best Picture for the film Roméo Onze. (Romeo Eleven) His second film as a writer and director is We Have Forever, starring Antoine Desrochers. The film had its International Premiere in Official Competition at the 67th Edition of the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (IFFMH) in 2018.